Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
17feb2006
How Groovy Lost its Groove Thang, lession learned: abvoid comitees.
Beutiful art made with kintting [sic], very creative. PNSFW. (Thanks to Rosemary Renton.)
Kittenwar, may the cutest kitten win.
Electric Larryland, by Dan Moniz. I’m still waiting to be taken over by Oracle.
Alanis Morisette Lyrics Generator, highly nifty.
Sour Grapes humorously comments on the universal emotions of envy and jealousy.
God said time
Time belongs to me
Time’s my secret weapon
My final advantage
God turned away
From the edge of town
I knew I was beaten
And that now was all I had
God said no
— Dan Bern, God Said No
Campfire is 37signals’s new web-based chat platform. Very nifty.
The invention of cookyright, by Georg Greve. “German cook asking to introduce copyright-like right for recipes.”
An Analysis of Democratically Ordered Link Sites, with a fantastic conclusion: “[I]f you want your web site to be the top link on Digg or Reddit, write better content.”
Managing Rich Data Structures in Perl, by Dave Baker. Of course, with “proper” references, noone would need a complete article on that.
Cobertura is a free Java tool that calculates the percentage of code accessed by tests. It can be used to identify which parts of your Java program are lacking test coverage.
Introducing Lua, by Keith Fieldhouse.
On Meditation, by LilDebbie. “Of course, you don’t have to get the hippy new-age albums featuring Ocean Sounds, Birds Chirping, and Wind Chimes, but they’re less boring than straight tonal white noise.”
Three Dimensional Images in the Air, visualization of “real 3D images” using laser plasma. WJW.
Rails’ Ridiculous Restrictions, a Rant, on Joel Spolski’s forum. He actually got a point, though.
Sometimes I’d just like to take on the world
and decree that they all go away
Everyone’s stupid
and no one has anything very insightful to say
Its the price you have to pay.
I’m tired of it today.
I’d like another way.
— Dan Bern, Fascist In Me
Yikes, BLDGBLOG is Yahoo’s Pick of the Day today… that’s a good thing.
How do we tell truths that might hurt? by Edsger W. Dijkstra. The most scientific flame ever?
Incident No. 32: A Smart Curtsy, Why at his best. “Where did the socks let go?”